What should I name my restaurant?Poll ended at Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:52 pm

Verdura

31%

[ 8 ]

Ortaggio

69%

[ 18 ]

Total votes : 26

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veganchefjay

Post subject: What should I name my restaurant?

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:52 pm

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Joined: Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:43 amPosts: 29Location: Long Island, NY

Hello everyone!

I am planning on opening an upscale Vegan Italian restaurant in the East Village that will be open Fall 2012. Right now I'm looking for locations and finalizing a name. The top two names I have in mine are Verdura and Ortaggio. They both mean vegetable in Italian.

Is there a difference between "la verdura" and "l'ortaggio"?I believe verdura comes from verde and can be thought of as green vegetables (my mom uses it in reference to lettuce, endire, kale, chicory, etc.) Ortaggio comes from orto (garden) and refers more broadly to vegetables that are cultivated for eating. But in everyday spoken Italian, the distinction may not be this precise, and in English, you're probably fine translating both as vegetables, as fran06 suggested.